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Renting to retired people

Derek McGillicuddy
  • Millinocket, ME
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Just put a property up for rent. This is my first time renting and have a few retirees interested. How do you verify income? Its assumed they would get social security. Does the application process on a site like Zillow do the credit report and background checks have more information in them like that? I know this seems very stupid to ask but I had to try. Thanks.

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Dennis M.
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Dennis M.
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Most of my tenants are retirees the problem is they are in their early 30’s and probably never worked a day in their lives lol ask to see bank statements if they don’t have a w2 job 

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